Astronomers say they have confirmed the first ever direct image of a planet orbiting a Sun like star.

Scientists led by Dr David Lafreniere from the University of Montreal in Canada say the planet, about eight times the size of Jupiter is circling the Star 1RXS J160929.1-210524 which is about 500 light years away in a group of young stars called the Upper Scorpius Association which formed about five million years ago

The planet orbits 300 astronomical units out from its parent star. That's some 300 times further out than the Earth is from the Sun and 10 times further out than Pluto.

Evidence of hot springs discovered on the Saturnian moon Enceladus. Also; the Milky Way at least 50 per cent bigger than previously thought, and a new population of dwarf satellite galaxies discovered orbiting the Milky Way.